CHAPTER XI.

THE ISLES OF SHOALS.

De Monts sees them.--Smith's and Levett's Account.--Cod-fishery in the sixteenth Century.--Sail down the Piscataqua.--The Isles.--Derivation of the Name.--Jeffrey's Ledge.--Star Island.--Little Meeting-house.--Character of the Islesmen.--Island Grave-yards.--Betty Moody's Hole.--Natural Gorges.--Under the Cliffs.--Death of Miss Underhill.--Story of her Life.--Boon Island.--Wreck of the _Nottingham_.--Fish and Fishermen 153